A German court has given Tesla a green light to continue chopping down trees at the site of its next factory after temporarily halting the work.
The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg on Thursday rejected environmental activists’ request to block the electric-car maker from clearing 91 hectares, or about 224 acres, of forested land for its so-called Gigafactory.
The court said its decision in Tesla’s favor is final. The ruling came just four days after the court ordered Tesla to stop cutting down the trees so it could consider the advocates’ appeal.
Environmental activists have argued the factory, where Tesla plans to produce about 500,000 cars a year, could threaten the area’s water supplies and wildlife. The factory site is in the municipality of Grünheide outside Berlin.
CEO Elon Musk’s Silicon Valley-based company has pledged to address environmental concerns about the project by planting trees in an area three times the size of its factory plot and implementing “water-saving measures” in the plant. Tesla has also had to deal with several World War II bombs that were discovered at the factory plot.
Tesla first announced plans in November to build its fourth Gigafactory in Germany. The the other three are in Sparks, Nevada; Buffalo, New York; and Shanghai, China, where the company started production last year.
With Post wires
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